Got to the hospital at 10:30, went early because of the ice storm we are having. Surgery was done at 1:30 just as planned. All in all I have to say that as far as surgery goes it was a pleasant experience. Stayed at the hospital over night with my pca pump with dilaudid. Pushed the button at any little twinge of pain, so it made the experience pretty painless.

Went home Tuesday afternoon. Today is Friday. I have not had any of the gas problems that everyone talked about. I've had a few diarrhea stools, but no gas. My abdomen is very sore, don't want anything touching it. Glad that I took off of work for the weekend, but been in the house long enough now that I'm getting some cabin fever.

I haven't hardly eatten anything now for a week. I love Lue's vitamixer, made liquids out of a can of sliced potatoes, can of mushroom soup, beef broth and velveta cheese. I ate on it yesterday and today and there is still about a cup left and that's it for the last 2 days. The most I can take in is a cup at a time and then feel kinda miserable for awhile. I have been drinking about 20 ounces of water each day and know that I have to start taking in more water. But I tried on a pair of orange pants that I had bought over a year ago and couldn't even come close to fastening. I put them on last night and they fit just right. They did lack about 4 inches coming together! Made me feel good. Being faithful about putting on skin tightening lotion, but have got to make myself start exercising. I had plans of walking today but haven't done it yet so far.